• Home
  • Technology
  • Gaming
  • Entertainment
  • World & Business
  • Science
  • Sports
  • AI
HomeTechnologyGamingEntertainmentWorld & BusinessScienceSportsAI
AI

British Columbia sues OpenAI over alleged failure to warn police before Tumbler Ridge shooting

Bloomberg reports the province filed suit in California, alleging OpenAI could have used ChatGPT logs to warn police and avert the mass shooting.

2 Sources, 20d ago, first seen 20d ago

TLDR

Bloomberg reports that British Columbia sued OpenAI in California, alleging it could have used ChatGPT logs to warn police and avert a mass shooting. A post sharing the report says OpenAI explained that it banned a ChatGPT account in June 2025 but did not refer it to police because the activity did not meet its then-threshold for “credible and imminent” planning. The post also quotes OpenAI telling Canadian officials on February 26, 2026, that under its revised referral protocol, it would refer that account to law enforcement if it were discovered that day.

Combined views

—

2 Sources, first seen 20d ago

— likes— comments— saves— reposts

Combined views

—

2 Sources, first seen 20d ago

— likes— comments— saves— reposts

Sentiment

Positive——Negative

Summary

Not enough discussion yet.

No sentiment analysis available yet.

Featured Source

Sentiment

Positive——Negative

Summary

Not enough discussion yet.

No sentiment analysis available yet.

2 Sources

Rohan Paul@rohanpaul_aiBloomberg: British Columbia sued OpenAI in California, alleging flagged ChatGPT activity should have reached police before Tumbler Ridge shooting. On Feb. 10 2026, the attack killed 8 victims, including 5 children and an educator, and wounded 27 others. OpenAI laters said its automated systems detected a ChatGPT account in June 2025, human reviewers examined it, and the company banned it for violating usage rules. But OpenAI did not refer it to police under its rules at the time. As the activity did not meet its then threshold for “credible and imminent” planning requiring a police referral. On Feb. 26, 2026, OpenAI explicitly told Canadian officials that it had since made its referral criteria more flexible and added mental-health and behavioural experts to difficult cases, and it wrote: “under our enhanced law enforcement referral protocol, we would refer the account banned in June 2025 to law enforcement if it were discovered today.”20d
    • Home
    • Technology
    • Gaming
    • Entertainment
    • World & Business
    • Science
    • Sports
    • AI

    2 Sources

    Rohan Paul@rohanpaul_aiBloomberg: British Columbia sued OpenAI in California, alleging flagged ChatGPT activity should have reached police before Tumbler Ridge shooting. On Feb. 10 2026, the attack killed 8 victims, including 5 children and an educator, and wounded 27 others. OpenAI laters said its automated systems detected a ChatGPT account in June 2025, human reviewers examined it, and the company banned it for violating usage rules. But OpenAI did not refer it to police under its rules at the time. As the activity did not meet its then threshold for “credible and imminent” planning requiring a police referral. On Feb. 26, 2026, OpenAI explicitly told Canadian officials that it had since made its referral criteria more flexible and added mental-health and behavioural experts to difficult cases, and it wrote: “under our enhanced law enforcement referral protocol, we would refer the account banned in June 2025 to law enforcement if it were discovered today.”20d
    Today's Rank

    —

    Not ranked yet

    Today's Rank

    —

    Not ranked yet